Singapore is top Asia-Pacific destination for Chinese tourists

Chinese visitors spent an estimated USD 2.58 billion in Singapore last year, increasing 39 percent or USD 732 million dollars from 2015, according to a Straits Times report. China has continued to be Singapore's top-spending source market for the second consecutive year.

Statistics from the Singapore Tourism Board show 2.86 million Chinese visitors arrived in Singapore in 2016, up 36 percent year on year.